So Not A Brick

i'm not as long-winded and don't have the heart to write much anymore, but this old blog post is still pertinent... most of my thoughts came from Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, by Richard Bach. read it, for real. notabrickinthewall.blogspot.com/2016/04/with...

VICTORY: A federal court just put the chainsaws down at East Potomac Park The plan was to turn a public park into a private tournament course for Trump & wealthy golfers. The trees stay while we fight it out in court @democracydefendersfund.org & partners are on the case 👇- TN

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Kennedy Center plaintiff, protesting Trump's vast invocation of presidential comms privilege, says Trump's privilege log shows he has been in "near-constant" contact with mgmt, either directly or thru Natalie Harp or Howard Lutnick. (Lutnick is not an officer, employee or trustee of KC.)

"Yet the finding that [the China Shock] caused one in four manufacturing jobs lost from 1990 to 2007 has not aged well. Neither has the populist turn against free trade that began around the time of the original research" 🔥 www.economist.com/finance-and-...

The Crimes Davey Hearn Claims Jeanine Pirro May Have Committed emptywheel.net/2026/10/24/t...

His "library". His pocket. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

What's really going on with the petro industry in Venezuela. (Hint: It ain't rosy the way trump's portraying it) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

Woah - boards of service in the Marines and the Navy are ignoring Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth's order to purge transgender troops from the military. "Navy and Marine Corps boards have voted to retain trans members in nine of 12 cases." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

NYT has a great article (by @emmbadger.bsky.social) showing the 1924 vision of two slender, widely-spaced columns that the govt has been citing to argue that Congress *already* approved his Trump's Arch. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

HOLY SHIT. In a sworn statement yesterday, an ICE agent told a federal judge that an ICE flight to Equatorial Guinea had been cancelled and so couldn't be used to bring Ahmed Soliman back to the United States. The plane just landed in Equatorial Guinea. prospect.org/2026/10/23/t...

No New Data Centers in New Mexico Rally 📣 Sunday, October 25th Corbettes Center @ 1:30 Las Cruces, New Mexico

JD Vance is defending the Vivek ad. A new low. www.thebulwark.com/p/jd-vance-i...

Trump Stiffs Nick Shirley: The Big Rewards Go to Putin's Election Propagandists emptywheel.net/2026/10/21/t...

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“.. the document .. cements the power of a small group of people handpicked by the Trump administration to govern and profit from the deal. The role of the Venezuelan government and the potential benefits to its people are largely absent ..” @propublica.org www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Just when you thought you’d seen the #GOP at their lowest, they go lower… #Ohio #governor’s race in uproar over ad featuring #Democrat’s estranged mother #AmyActon was removed from her mother’s home when she was 12 after her stepfather was indicted on a charge of raping her. #VoteBlue […]

The fight to the death between Alina Habba and Ric Grenell gets more and more scandalous every day. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

🚨BREAKING: Thousands of North Carolina midterm ballots are set to be rejected over minor technical issues after a federal court upheld strict new Republican-backed rules for mail voters, according to data shared exclusively with Democracy Docket. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

NEW: Hegseth's chaotic secret evacuation of a US base in Bahrain left military families in harm's way. “They’re not telling the truth. They’re not telling the full story. They’re not telling how much damage there really was." www.ms.now/news/militar...

🤯🤬🤬🤬‼️ #Mississippi Says It Won’t Bring #Criminal Charges in #Police #Shooting of #Toddler Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued a terse statement, months after officers, responding to a report of stolen diapers, surrounded a car, guns drawn. #law #UseOfForce #ExcessiveForce #ChildEndangerment […]

Trump's Latest Russia Russia Russia Turn Is about Iran Iran Iran emptywheel.net/2026/10/20/t...

#Trump used an #antisemitic slur in defending Sen. Roger Marshall at rally in #Kansas Trump had used the term during a speech last year, leading to backlash. He said at the time that he wasn’t aware of the word’s antisemitic connotations. He can’t use that excuse this time. #antisemitism […]

A despicable ad from Vivek Ramaswamy who is a despicable person. Desperate Republicans have run some horrible, dishonest ads to distract from their failures in office, but maybe none worse than this one.

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

#Trump Is Pushing #Ukraine to Surrender to #Russia, #Zelensky Says President Volodymyr Zelensky said he didn’t want to believe that Washington wanted an end to the war at Ukraine’s expense. “But that’s how it looks,” he added. #PutinsPuppet #StandWithUkraine #democracy #Europe #allies […]

#Treasonous #Trump admin holds up Patriot missiles for #Ukraine Delays in approving transfers from partner countries coincide with a worsening rupture between Trump & Zelensky. [it has nothing to do with #Zelensky, this is about Trump & his true #allegiances.] #GiftArticle #law #geopolitics […]

This is actually the first appropriate thing I’ve heard them do since #Trump retook office. The #DOJ on Monday announced a federal investigation into whether conditions in the #DC #jail violate the #Constitution. “The Justice Department will investigate whether D.C. DOC engages in a pattern or […]

I came across a FB post this morning about a legendary coach (allegedly) suffering from dementia. At first, it made me sad. But then I did a little digging. Here's what I found & what that says about Facebook, AI slop, & the "divisiveness" of WNBA discourse. katestarbird.substack.com/p/lies-for-c...

Trump doesn’t care about the general public. His only concern is walling off public lands into private enclaves and business opportunities for himself and wealthy cronies.

From asses, to shoulders, to a golfer's "junk." Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/u...

Lmfao

I have no doubt it’s true. Lawyers for Rep #IlhanOmar (D-Minnesota) on Friday accused federal authorities of ignoring key restrictions that a #judge placed on the search of the lawmaker’s DC residence this week & demanded the immediate return of all property seized from the home. #Trump #law […]

I hope this doesn't mean what I think I might mean...

I wonder what Darline Nordone thinks about this @drannieandrews.com

It has been a wild time here in #SantaFe County #NewMexico the past couple of days. Here’s what’s been keeping me so busy. “Land of Action and Election Watchers Seek Immediate Court Order to Admit Watchers to Santa Fe County Polls” […]

Tucker Carlson: "If you look at pornography enough or bestiality videos all day, after a while... it's kind of an attractive horse, I get it."

In a filing signed only by Associate AG Stanley Woodward, govt asks Judge Reyes to disqualify herself from the golf course. (Govt seems desperate to stop Dept of Interior chief of staff Greg Wischer from having to testify about his involvement.) storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

A judge threatened to sanction President Donald Trump for failing to sit for a mandatory deposition in the $10 billion defamation suit he filed against the British Broadcasting Corp.

Trump and Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" is promoting its pink Bible for Breast Cancer Awareness month in October. No mention of any proceeds going to charity. $74.99 preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

[1/3] UPDATE: Blanche has finally filed his Notice of Compliance and states that he provided at 10:55 am ET today to Judge Sullivan a binder containing the "handwritten notes underlying the typewritten [FBI interview reports]" in marked-for-redaction form. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

REMINDER: Today by 12 pm ET, Todd Blanche shall submit, in REDACTED form, to the Court for in camera review the FBI interview notes for the South Carolina woman who alleges she was 13 years old when she was sexually and physically abused by Donald Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump’s new #PressSecretary, #KatieZacharia, was fired Friday, after less than a week on the job, according to three people familiar with the matter. #Trump told reporters on Friday that he encouraged Ms. Zacharia to “reconsider” the job. “Honestly, if I were you, I’d reconsider,” he told […]

Trump’s Ice Maiden COS, Susie Wiles, may be queuing up for the chop, as Trump is reportedly asking the denizens of his botoxed hive for suggested successors. charliesykes.substack.com/p/trumpworld...

#BBC asks judge to force #Trump to sit for #deposition in his own lawsuit against the channel Lawyers for the BBC say Trump is trying to delay sitting for a deposition in the defamation case he brought against the British broadcaster until Jan 2027. In a filing this week, they asked a Florida […]